The Osceola times., 1887-10-08

A PLow manufacturers trust was
formed at Chicago on the 29th, about
thirty Western and Northwestern manu-
facturers signing the agreement. The
trust will exercise the usual iron-clad re-
strlctions.
AT the consistory 10 be held at Rome in
December the Pope will confer the car
dinalats upon Archbishop Richard OF
Paris and Mgr. Persico, at present on q
special mission to Ireland, and will also
invest Cardinal Jacobini with the car.
dinalate.
The next National encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be held
at Columbus, q.
THE twenty first National encampmeni
Of the q. A. Il. closed ON the Goth.
THE Grand Army of the Republic elect
ed Judge John Z. Rea. OF Minnesota, COM
mander-i r-in.chief: Nelson Cola, OF st. Louis,
senior yice-commander-in-ch John {.
Linahan, junior vice. .commauder-in-chief;
General Lawrencp Donahue. of Washing
ton, surgeon-general, and Rev. Edward
/ Anderson, of Connecticut, chaplain
Local free.traders met at Cleveland,
| o., on the night Of the 18th and issued an
/ invitation to the American Free-Trade
| League TO hold the next biennial coHyen'
tion in that city. The convention meets
this month and the invitation will no doubt
be accepted.
CATHOLICS throughout Europe are much
incensed at the action of the Roman police
in sezing the Pope's jubilee medals be-
cause they bore an inscription designat
ing the pontff as king
IT is estimated that the public debt was
reduced during September SlG,50O,0O0.
THE Volunteer beat the Thistle in the
second race of the internatona, series on
the 30th, thus keeping the Americas cup
at home for another year az least.
THERE was received at the Treasury
Department on the 31th n novel COM
municaton from German capitalist in
Berlin. He states that he has in his pos
session large number of bonds issurd by
the Confederate States Of America. and
after much persuasion by his friends he
has concluded TO offer $l,0j0 worth of
them for redemption.
EIGHTEEN officers and forty-one nom
commissioned officers in the Swedish
army arrived in New York on the 3)th on
the Thingvalla Line steamship lIecla to
attend the international drill in Chicago.
On their return 10 New York from Chi.
TnE veteran firemen of New York were
in Cleveland. o.. on the 3)th. They were
met by delegation Of old-time iremen,
and in the afternoon the visitors aud
others gave a parade through the principal
streets. The New Workers held Il reception
and concert at night.
ScOrcH yachtsmen are already planning
to build a new yacht with which TO com.
pete next year for the Americas cup.
TRE public debt was reduced during
September i,2iI,9G).
CHAMBERS is reported as prevailing to
an alarming extent on the Grow reserva-
tion.
THE Detroits are now sure winners of
the League pennart, with Chicago and
Philadelphia fighting for second place,
the latter club being only seven points be-
hind Chicago. Cincinnati will be second
in the Association.
WHILE cutting down tree on the farm
OF John Warren at New Portage. o.,
Washington Reichard and compan ion
named Snyder found several thousand
dollars in gold and bank notes hidden in
the hollow.
THE Bellevue Bank, at Bellevue, o, has
suspended, with Liabilities aggregating
100000
THE Southern Exposition at Louisville,
Ky, has succumbed to bad weather and
: mall attendance, and was ordered closed
by the board of directors on the evening
of the lst.
A STRIKE Of the Baltimore q Ohio tel
egraph operators at New York has been
averted by the withdrawal of an obnoxious
order issued by the company.
THE annual meeting of the National AS
semhly Knights of Labor convened at
Minneapolis. MIMI, on the 9Th. 1t is
thought that in spite Of some pronounced
opposition, Mr.. Powderly will bs re-
elected General Master Workman
4 PANIC occurred in Harris theater,
Cincinnati, on the night Of the lst, but no
one was seriously hurt.
\ LARGE number of Detroit Mich J
s;reet-car employees have been discharged
on suspicion of crookedness.
RYAN * HANEY, the contractors for
building the Red River railroad in Mani
toba, have refused to continue the work
until their back pay is forthcoming,
amounting to about ) 1000. .
\ NOISY audience OF four hundred per-
sons listened TO u speech by George Fran
els Train at Webster Hall, New York, on
the night of the 2l, for the benefit of the
Chicago Anarchists. The addres, was an
attack on the leading politicians of the
country.